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I'm an immensely shy and vulnerable woman. My husband has never seen me naked. Nor has he expressed the least desire to do so.

Barry Humphries

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Barry Humphries
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: February 17
Comedian
Film Actor
Painter
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Melbourne
Australia
John Barry Humphries
Dame Edna Everage
Edna Everage
Les Patterson
Barry McKenzie
Sandy Stone
Bazza McKenzie
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